Mu Lao's Bad Taste

It was only after the two had walked far away that Chen Ping let out an almost imperceptible sigh.

The next moment, Soul Power surged through Chen Ping. As if it had reached some kind of limit, it suddenly shook violently, and a wave of Soul Power Fluctuation rippled outward.

Level Fifteen.

Although he had not broken through by suddenly leveling up in the middle of a fight, leveling up right after one was over was still supposed to feel pretty good.

But Chen Ping's face carried a trace of helplessness. Of course he knew that breaking through to Level Fifteen was something worth celebrating.

For one thing, at least he would be able to officially go through Shrek's registration process and enroll tomorrow.

But the gap between him and Shrek Academy's best and most talented students in his Same Age Group had now been laid bare before him without the slightest concealment.

Even though he had never slacked off in his cultivation before the system activated, and even though he had taken quite a few potions that stimulated and enhanced his potential, after cultivating until now, he had only reached Level Fifteen.

Having Low Innate Soul Power really did mean being inferior to others from birth.

If Chen Ping remembered correctly, the Average Level of freshmen entering Shrek Academy should be Level Seventeen.

But for every student like him holding everyone back, there were also those dragging the entire grade forward.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng just now were typical examples.

Based on the Soul Power Aura Wu Feng had revealed, Chen Ping could clearly sense that she was at least a Level Twenty-Four Soul Grandmaster or so. Level Twenty-Five was not impossible either.

As for Ning Tian, she was even more outrageous. She had definitely reached Twenty-Nine, and was probably only one step away from Level Thirty.

This was getting sweaty.

Chen Ping scratched his head. Against a One Ring opponent, he still had some clever ideas. With a few little tricks, it was not necessarily impossible to win.

But a Three-Ring Soul Elder was different. That was not an opponent he could defeat with just a few tricks and a bit of cleverness. He would have to throw a heavy punch.

But could Soul Tools not be used in the New Student Competition?

If those were forbidden too, Chen Ping felt that taking a ranking in the New Student Competition would be quite difficult.

For now, however, his top priority was delivering Mu Lao's Takeout.

He followed the narrow path leading straight to the dormitories and hurried a few steps, soon reaching the front of Shrek's Student Dormitory.

Although this was not his first time arriving in front of the Dormitory Building, Shrek's Student Dormitory was truly something he could not hold back his reaction to, no matter how many times he saw it.

As everyone knew, Shrek's Teaching Buildings were divided by grade according to color. That made sense.

But the Dormitory Building where the students lived actually had four colors as well: white, yellow, purple, and black.

They represented the residential areas for students from the different grades in the four Teaching Buildings, and the building had a full Six Floors.

To be honest, this was the first time Chen Ping had seen a Dormitory Building so hideously distinctive.

The key was that Chen Ping could sense that the people who had built this Dormitory Building and those Teaching Buildings had not intentionally made it so ugly. They simply lacked any sense of aesthetics.

In the eyes of the builders of the Dormitory Building and the Teaching Buildings, they were probably still proudly congratulating themselves on how the architectural colors echoed one another.

That was likely how a rainbow Dormitory Building made by forcibly piecing together four enormous Color Blocks had come into existence.

As for who this legendary designer was—he was probably a Soul Master surnamed Zhang, right?

Chen Ping arrived at the Building Entrance. An Old Man who looked extremely old was sitting there.

The Old Man wore Grey Cloth Clothes. The Wrinkles on his face were enough to crush more than two-digit numbers of Flies at once. His Eyes were murky, his Eyelids drooped, and he looked like a candle flickering in the wind.

The Lights between the Buildings happened to spill over him, and the half-reclined chair looked quite comfortable.

Chen Ping walked over and said respectfully, "Old Master, Xuan Lao ordered Takeout for you. I've brought it over."

The Old Man—or rather, Mu En—felt somewhat amused. He lowered his Eyelids and glanced at Chen Ping. "Did Xuan Zi really say that?"

"Of course."

Chen Ping hurriedly smiled and took out the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. "Xuan Lao said that the dampness from the evening wind is heavy for you, and according to Healing System Soul Masters, it makes it easy for Wind Evil to enter the body. You should eat something hot and nourishing to replenish yourself."

"This not only tastes good, but also nourishes Vital Energy, enriches the blood, and benefits the spleen. He prepared it especially for you and asked me to deliver it."

Chen Ping naturally could not repeat Xuan Lao's actual explanation. Even if Xuan Lao had told him that this had been forcibly snatched from Mu En, Chen Ping could never say that aloud.

"Heh heh heh, what a Sly Kid. Among this year's incoming students, I think you're the most dishonest."

Mu En looked at Chen Ping with some amusement. He had not forgotten how this kid had incited Ning Tian and Wu Feng to beat him up earlier, nor how he had badmouthed him.

Chen Ping was startled as well. Oh no. I severely underestimated the Perception Ability of a Limit Douluo.

Judging by this, Mu En knew not only that he had intercepted the scraps Xuan Lao had sent over, made Buddha Jumps Over the Wall from them, and sold it for money, but had also heard everything he had just said.

What did "Vicious Tongue Arena, Sea of Righteousness and Evil" mean?

Fortunately, Chen Ping currently possessed the effects brought by the final identity in the Four-Piece Tolerance Set: "It's the New Year," "Since We're Already Here," "Everyone Has It Tough," and "Still a Child."

He immediately put on an Innocent Smile, pretended to be foolish, and tried to get through it by acting cute.

"Hehe, how could I? Old Master, remember to eat this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall while it's hot. That's when it works best."

"It guarantees that men who eat it will become stronger, women who eat it will preserve their beauty, people who eat it during the day will feel refreshed, and people who eat it at night will sleep soundly."

After hearing this, several of the Wrinkles on Mu En's face relaxed. He accepted the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Chen Ping handed him.

"Mm. I know the effects for men and women, and for eating it during the day and at night. But what are the effects for Old People and children?"

Seeing that Mu Lao had not said anything else, Chen Ping secretly thanked his lucky stars. Mu Lao probably doesn't intend to hold this against me.

He thus instinctively dredged up an Advertising Slogan he used outside to swindle people and said, "Children who eat it come first in their exams, and Old Men who eat it Walk Swiftly!"

The moment he finished speaking, Chen Ping suddenly realized that something was wrong. Could he really say things like that carelessly?

He had just suffered for his words, and now he had done it again. Did he really not learn a single thing?

"Good!"

Mu En's Eyes lit up, and a sly look unique to an old child appeared in them. "I won't dispute the claim that Old Men who eat it Walk Swiftly. The Buddha Jumps Over the Wall you make really is quite good."

"But as for children who eat it coming first in their exams, I'll have to test whether that's true. If you can't come in first, This Old Man will have to have a proper talk with you about what you just said about me."

Mu En gave Chen Ping a meaningful look, immediately making him suffer inwardly.

"All right, go on. Ever since the Start of School, I've been watching you children come and go at the entrance of the Dormitory Building."

"From now on, just deliver the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to me directly once it's ready."

Mu En waved his hand, looking satisfied as if he had gained another day's worth of amusement, and sent Chen Ping away.